[BOAI] Re: RCUK & EC Did Not Follow Finch/Willets

[Stevan Harnad]

On 2012-07-26, at 11:01 AM, Leslie Carr wrote:

> On 19 Jul 2012, at 17:21, Prof. T.D. Wilson <t.d.wilson at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
>> I'm much in favour of repositories, but I don't think they are the ideal solution because they require too much of a culture change for academic authors.   
> 
> Yes, it's a complete surprise that academic authors ever got on board with email and desktop publishing. I expect repositories will be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

I think word-processors were already too much for them. I've heard rumours they have their secretaries do their ATM transactions for them and still dream of rotary-dial phones...